by Alicia | Mar 19, 2016 | Daily Dot, Writing
At some point, every close knit mother-daughter relationship takes a turn toward Crazytown. Kate Siegel and her mother Kim Friedman, however, have never left the place. It goes a little something like this: Mom and daughter love each other, but they want to kill each...
by Alicia | Mar 17, 2016 | KCET Los Angeles, Writing
For years, Los Angeles artist Jenny Yurshansky has asked her mom the same question: When will they go back to Moldova? The small country, wedged between Ukraine and Romania, is part of her family’s story. Yet, she’s never even seen it. Yurshansky’s...
by Alicia | Mar 11, 2016 | Daily Dot, Writing
When Kate Berlant graced the stage of performance/video artist Dynasty Handbag’s new monthly show Weirdo Night at El Cid late last month, she admitted that she was having some problems leaving the stage. She kept walking off and returning, as if some force kept...
by Alicia | Mar 7, 2016 | Hyperallergic, Writing
It’s the 1990s when a young, ambitious filmmaker goes on the hunt for “the Watermelon Woman,” a black actress who played mostly mammy roles in 1930s and ’40s Hollywood films. So goes the plotline for The Watermelon Woman, a movie by Cheryl Dunye, a black, lesbian...
by Alicia | Mar 6, 2016 | Daily Dot, Writing
On Valentine’s Day, comedian Melissa Villaseñor welcomed a very special guest to her Vine account: Kristen Wiig, who let us know exactly what she’d be doing that day. Those who laughed could definitely relate. Vine is just one of the platforms where Villaseñor been...
by Alicia | Mar 2, 2016 | The New Inquiry, Writing
TODAY’S consumerism is riddled with elaborate and often meaningless choices: Which brand of pasta should you buy? Would that be best with Ragu, Amy’s Organic, or Muir Glen marinara sauce? Should that be accompanied by Kraft or DiGiorno preshredded parmesan? Who cares....
